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Struggling with weight loss? Ever since Dr. Atkins introduced his revolutionary diet, low-carb regimens have been all the rage. These diets promise that you can lose weight, while still enjoying many of the foods you love (T-Bone steak anyone?). But some have warned that the low-carb craze isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. What should we be aware of when considering a farewell to pasta?
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Low Carb Diets Create Challenges For the Planet and Personal Health
Sustainability in agriculture
The argument that animal based sources of fat and protein automatically create challenges for the planet and personal health does not make sense in light of what grass farmers such as Joel Salatin (Google "Polyface, Inc.") and researchers such as Stephen D. Phinney and Jeff S. Volek (Google these names) have demonstrated. Proper management of grazing land and livestock produces animal foods of superior nutritional value and sequesters carbon in the soil to boot. On the other hand, the mono culture raising of crops such as wheat, soy, and corn for industrial food manufacturing, concentrated feeding operations, or directly for human consumption is both energy intensive and toxic for the environment - not good for the planet.
- David Brown
August 19, 2008 5:39AM
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